Richenel – Dance around the world
Over time, several countries have been considered by younger generations as cradle and destination of freedom, almost never with a political sense, almost always following a certain musical mystique of the moment; hence the perennial passion for England, for on the road and surfing in the USA,
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Level 42 – Lessons In Love
#quotefromthe80s
If we lose the time before us
The future will ignore us
We should use it, we could use it, yeah
Lessons in love
#Level42 #LessonsInLove
Do you remember that book where they said that 42 was the answer to the definitive question about life and the universe and everything,
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80sneverend
Posted in 1981, 1981 April, May, June, United Kingdom
Duran Duran – Careless Memories
We know that songs make us travel through time, but this is a special song. Not only because it takes us forty years back (I don’t want to think about it!), but also because this song has really lived twice!
We are in 1981.
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Prince – Alphabet St.
#quotefromthe80s
I’m going down 2 Alphabet Street
I’m gonna crown the first girl that I meet
I’m gonna talk so sexy
She’ll want me from my head 2 my feet
#Prince #AlphabetSt
The story of Alphabet St.
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Howard Jones – Look Mama
#quotefromthe80s
I gotta make my own mistakes
Why can’t you treat me like a friend?
Look mama I love you
But you gotta let me live my life
#HowardJones #LookMama
We have said many times that the period between the end of 1984 and the Summer of 1985,
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Tracy Chapman – Fast car
#quotefromthe80s
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
#TracyChapman #FastCar
Tracy Chapman released her single Fast Car in April 1988,
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80sneverend
Posted in 1983, 1983 April, May, June
Greg Kihn Band – Jeopardy
It happened several times in the 80s that a band that had built much of their history around a particular musical genre, perhaps obtaining some success or fame but nothing more, at some point in their career made a song perhaps simpler,
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Matt Bianco – Sneaking out the back door
In the first half of April 1984, in addition to Spring, the career of a huge group of the 80s was also blossoming: Matt Bianco, with their frontman Mark Reilly. A very particular artist: born in England, with a taste for the sophisticated atmospheres of jazz,
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Heaven 17 – Temptation
#quotefromthe80s
Trying to find it (Temptation)
You’ve got to get up behind it (Temptation)
Put your dime in the hot slot (Temptation)
But it’s a million to one shot (Temptation)
#Heaven17 #Temptation
Ok,
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